Recent viewing

Kinda making a liar of myself here, after saying I'm no longer getting the same kicks from flicks. Bear in mind that these were viddied over a month, where once they'd have only taken me a week.

* "24 Hours With Gaspar" (2023) [Netflix]: Plodding Indonesian detective melodrama. Token futuristic elements. AND: Too much voicing over, flashing back, smoking.

* "Agent Game" (2022) [Netflix]: Tangled spy tale doesn't justify its existence.

* "The Holdovers" (2023) [Apple store rental]: Proper cinema.

* "Meg 2 - The Trench" (2023) [99-cental mental rental]: Treads water until spectacularly silly, fun finale.

* "Road House" (2024) [Prime Video]: Expectations lowered, found it genuinely (mindlessly) entertaining.

* "Saltburn" (2023) [Prime Video]: Overrated cliches, obvious twist and shock scenes. BUT: Pike and Grant nail the entitled idiocy.

* "Scream" (2022) [Netflix]: Slasher requel dressed up in continuity, metacommentary.

* "Suzume" (2022) [Netflix]: Allegorical journey looks/sounds fab, surprises, moves.

* "The Books He Didn't Burn" (2023) [Kanopy]: Multiple authorities scrutinise Hit ler's library for motivations. ALSO: Surprisingly politically relevant, with understandably worrying implications.  

<<< Pick of the bunch is "The Holdovers". >>>